chhotahazri

Hindi: chhoti haziri, vulg. hazri, 'little breakfast'; refreshment taken in the early morning, before or after the morning exercise. (Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, 1994 [1886])

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30 October 2018

Celebrating Acceptance

My Mirror column : The awkward event of a mature couple having a baby ends up offering an optimistic view of the Indian family in Badhaai ...

60 years of RK Narayan’s The Guide: A tale ahead of its time

My piece for the Hindustan Times : Sixty years ago, RK Narayan published his remarkable novel, The Guide . The celebrated screen version...

27 October 2018

A Star Implodes

My Mirror column : The newest version of A Star is Born updates the classic to our times — but its central narrative remains, more than e...

16 October 2018

Unfortunately, Him Too.

My Mirror column : Watching the 1960 classic Shoot the Piano Player in the age of #MeToo makes one realise that most men’s views on w...

The Chairman and the Mahatma

Walter Bosshard’s photographs of Gandhi and Mao at the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art offer a provocative contrast between the leaders of diffe...

A brief guide to Guide

My Mirror column : 60 years ago, RK Narayan wrote a novel that became a Hindi film classic. But he was not happy. Ahead of his 112th birt...

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